"Kingscourt Branch" - Irish Rail Gypsum Trains (1997) 

great footage great days

Same type of loader they used in Enniscorthy for loading the ballast trains. I used to love hearing the ballast being loaded we'd head down to see who was driving, if it was one of the nice lads you'd spend the day with them in the cab.

The 121's always had that distinctive thunk thunk thunk when idling that the others didn't have you'd know them a mile away.

Enjoyable film. Well done.

I loved the part where the train.

Wonderful footage by John, and thank you Ciaran for the editing and digitalising of this footage, and so much more.

Nostalgic.

Thanks for sharing

128 and 129 together, nice, you have to love that GM sound. It must have used an awful amount of diesel with all that stopping at the crossing gates.

Great audio

Great footage reopening of all closed railway lines in County Meath should happen to stop Pollution, Car Accidents/Road Deaths & Pollution.

Hope they weren't in a hurry for that gypsum

Brilliant footage!! Thanks so much for sharing this, always great to see anything of the North Meath line, this is a treasure trove. Shame that other than the gypsum this line was a bit useless seeing as it didn't really serve any population bases (a nice mile-long walk up the hill to Kingscourt town from the station). Wasn't it meant to go on to Clones or something? Anyone know anything about the experiment running timber from here in 1994, there's a great video of it here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-naWq9zUYCZA.html

Is the line still in use?